New TKstore on Auckland’s High Street
Turet Knüfermann has opened a new store on Auckland’s fashionable High Street. TKstore sells Turet’s own IPG label as well as other fashionable brands. We’re really proud of seeing Turet’s expansion since ?rst seeing her collection at L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week, and it’s all down to hard work. More at our Fashion Features’ index […]
Renault launches new Mégane Coupé and berline at Paris Salon
The Paris Salon is now on for the car trade, and one of the most stunning débutantes is the Renault Mégane Coupé. We’ve been big fans of the Mégane all along, and this new coupé is a cracker. The sleek window line gives a sporting, dynamic feel, and the accents on the bumper and spoiler […]
Anne Hathaway, behind the scenes on Lancôme Magnifique
There’ll be more of this on the Lucire site and possibly in print: Anne Hathaway as the face of Lancôme Magnifique, the new fragrance from the French luxury brand. Below, courtesy of Lancôme, is a behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the new commercial, directed by Peter Lindbergh. You may also like More of Anne […]
Ralph Lauren Notorious commercial—the full version
We know we posted a clip from behind the scenes of the Ralph Lauren Notorious commercial, directed by Wong Kar-wai and starring Lætitia Casta, on September 12. Here’s a longer version, featuring the commercial as well as the making. You may also like Official: Laetitia Casta is the new face of Ralph Lauren Notorious Official […]
Global brands will emerge from the financial crisis
Now that the debate between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden is over, the news is swinging back on to the discussions of the $700 billion proposed bailout by the US Government for its troubled finance firms. On Reuter today, experts are discussing whether this bailout signals the end of the US’s soft power. […]
One more from our Miss Universe New Zealand ’08 shoot
Doug Rimington has a few behind-the-scenes shots from Tuesday’s shoot with Miss New Zealand Samantha Powell. I snapped one to ?nish off a roll of ?lm myself, which is below. This was shot in pretty dark conditions, f5·6, 1/30 sec, on my Voigtländer Bessamatic. Rebecca Connor, the reigning Miss Wellington and a top-?ve ?nisher herself […]
New Zealand’s new beauty portal
BeautyandSkin.co.nz is the new portal dealing with beauty products in New Zealand. Lucire has chatted to Matt G. Clark, one of the driving forces behind the site, and he has talked about how he envisages the site to be an objective source about beauty products. While there’s backing from Æsthetic Solutions, readers can look forward […]
Viktor & Rolf show online on October 2
We’d never remember if this was announced too far ahead of time. From a press announcement we received: ‘We are very pleased to announce you that the next 2008 Viktor & Rolf Fashion Show will be a virtual happening! … ‘The show will take place on www.viktor-rolf.com on October 2nd 8pm (NZ time)’. […]
Behind the scenes on Samantha Powell’s shoot
The weather is delightful today, but we had to wait till the late afternoon (i.e. after working hours) to see any sun yesterday during Miss Universe New Zealand Samantha Powell’s shoot. She was already suffering from food poisoning so she wasn’t in the best health, but was an absolutely wonderful sport despite our dragging her […]
We’re photographing Sam, so pray for good weather
Left: It’s not even that good a quality (the technical aspects, not the subject) but this is one of the more regularly pirated shots of Samantha Powell online. Some blogging services have been kindly getting it removed from around the web on our behalf—one had this shot and another one of Jennifer Hawkins from this […]
